State
Workers Stage Rally on Late Checks

Not satisfied with
the response for the Capitol, state workers dealing with the ripple
effect of not getting paid on time plan to rally at Gov. Mike Huckabee's
home this weekend.

We're going to
rally over a the governor's triple wide on Saturday. We're going to
have people have had real problems crated because of bounced checks
and people who are having real problems because they can't get access
to pay stubs. They're going to talk about what it's like rally organizer
Leslie Haber said Tuesday.

The governor who
is living in a triple wide mobile home behind the Governor's mansion
while it is being renovated, signaled his willingness to meet with workers
before the weekend.

The governor was
attending a National Governor's Association meeting in Rhode Island
on Tuesday but discussed the rally with spokesman Jim Harris by telephone.

Huckabee was to
return to Arkansas on Tuesday night.

Tuesday evening,
Harris said the governor could meet with state workers this morning
at his office, but because the governor's office had not heard from
the workers, three would be no meeting.

They did not bother
to call and take him up on that opportunity Harris said. That shows
that they are not interested in working on a solution They re interested
in holding a rally."